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• Primary Trust

  Booth, Eboni

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  The script of PRIMARY TRUST, for your reading pleasure.

• We Need to Hang Out

  a Memoir of Making Friends

  Baker, Billy (Journalist)

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  Like a significant number of middle-aged American men, journalist Baker discovered that by the time he turned 40, he had lost most of his close friends. In this memoir, he describes his attempts to build new relationships.

• Harvey

  a Comedy in Three Acts

  Chase, Mary, 1907-1981

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  Eboni Booth has mentioned that Mary Chase's Pulitzer-Prize-winning play provided some key inspiration for PRIMARY TRUST. (Re)read the script and find out why!

• Black Mixcellence

  a Comprehensive Guide to Black Mixology

  Hall, Tamika

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  After seeing PRIMARY TRUST, you might find yourself hankering for a Mai Tai or two. Try the excellent recipe and quite a few other mouth-watering libations in this collection of cocktail recipes from renowned Black bartenders.

• Harvey

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  Jimmy Stewart stars as Elwood P. Dowd, whose best friend is an invisible, 6-foot and 3.5 inches-tall rabbit named Harvey, in this classic 1950 adaptation of Mary Chase's play of the same name.

• Lost in the City

  Stories

  Jones, Edward P.

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  In an interview with V Magazine, Booth said that Edward P. Jones was one of two writers who inspired her while writing PRIMARY TRUST. She "liked the way he looked at both the macro life questions and the minutiae of life."

• The Awkward Black Man

  Stories

  Mosley, Walter

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  Like Booth's play, Mosley's short stories feature complex and three-dimensional Black male protagonists that confound racial stereotypes.

• Together

  the Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World

  Murthy, Vivek Hallegere, 1977-

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  Former Surgeon General Murthy shines a spotlight on a nationwide epidemic of loneliness, and its impacts on physical and mental health.

• Project Unlonely

  Healing Our Crisis of Disconnection

  Nobel, Jeremy

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  Physician Nobel started Project Unlonely in 2016 to address a growing public health crisis -- loneliness -- that grew worse during the COVID-19 pandemic. He describes 3 major types of loneliness and suggests activities that can help alleviate them.

• Lost & Found

  a Memoir

  Schulz, Kathryn

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  Schulz is the other writer who Booth mentioned as an inspiration for PRIMARY TRUST in her interview with V Magazine. Booth appreciates how she and Jones "write about love and loss – and the possibility of human connection."

• The Only Constant

  a Guide to Embracing Change and Leading An Authentic Life

  Zebian, Najwa

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  In PRIMARY TRUST, Kenneth confronts a number of sudden, major changes. This self-help guide from Canadian poet and educator Zebian might help him (and us) deal with big and unexpected life shifts.

• Seattle Rep's PRIMARY TRUST website

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  Kenneth has lived his entire life in the same small town. Every day he works at the bookstore, then shares happy hour Mai Tais with his best friend. And so what if his best friend is imaginary? Every day is the same, just the way Kenneth likes…Read moreRead more of this annotation